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A pair of yellow ground 'butterfly' dishes, late Qing dynasty with Tongzhi mark in red.
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
714 - 892 EUR
718 - 898 USD
Hammer price
20 000 SEK
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A pair of yellow ground 'butterfly' dishes, late Qing dynasty with Tongzhi mark in red.
The dish potted with rounded sides that rise to a slightly everted rim, decorated to the interior with delicate butterflies, all on a yellow ground, the exterior with three bats in red. Diameter 18 cm.
Wear. Glaze crack with retouch.
Provenance
Property of a private Swedish collector, long term member of the Swedish Oriental Ceramics Society, who started to collect in the early 1980's.
Exhibitions
Compare with a dish sold at Bonhams, Fine Chinese Art, 12 May 2008. London, New Bond Street, lot no 323.
Compare with dishes of this type but with butterflies and double happiness symbols. See Bonhams, Asian Art, 3 November 2014,
London, Knightsbridge, lot 359.